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"We of the alliance could always use new minions." she said with a smirk on her face. "However, the one thing I can not allow is for you to destroy this world. because if I survive and your goal is accomplished I will be alone again." she said, her tone of voice dropping slightly as she remembered her childhood. a very lonesome one. she stopped for a moment before shaking her head, getting the memory out of her mind before staring at the leader once again. "So I will give you this offer instead. "You join me and protect the villages that are within my empire already. I do not care about the others." she said, pointing her blade at the leader. "Do that and I will not need to let this batle go any further."

"W-What the?" Dante said, a surprised look on her face as her body quickly became covered in the shadowy creatures. "Psyche." the voice said again as a grin crept across her face which was unable to be seen amongst the shadowy creatures. a large explosion let loose leaving a crater in the ground and destroying several of the surrounding shadows. "Erupting fire clones." Dante's voice called out once again as she stepped out from behind a tree. "I never show myself right away, I must first be lured out, dont you know anything about women?" she said with a smile on her face as she ran her hand into the ground, causing spikes to launch upwards from underneath all the foes. "Now, I will show you why no one turns down an offer of mine." she growled as her chakra began to grow, eclipsing any chakra level these shadows had seen before. "I will show you all the very hard way."

"Humph, pathetic, truly pathetic." she grunted as she turned away, feeling as though she had just wasted all this time having shown herself to them. "WEll, atleast the village is saved. that is all I can be thankful for at this time." she said with a smile on her face, knowing that other villages in the empire of the alliance were being attacked as well and it would be up to her to defend as many as she could. "Next stop, sound village."

((but your also going to another alliance village.))

Well...is anybody fighting here? No? Oh well, peace!!!

Deemo ran to the docks

"Is this the only extent of Kujaku Myouhou?" Kumo asked as he released the seal and the glowing chakra disappeared, his gaze upon Akahoshi now who shook his head.

"Not at all!" Akahoshi shouted as he wagged a finger towards the Otonin in a fashion that made Kumo believe that the Hoshikage was wishing to merely banish the spider's words with that single digit. "Not at all..." He repeated again as he smiled.

So there was more after all?

"Will you be able to teach me more then?" Kumo inquired, supressing his tone for a moment, as the Chuunin didnt want to see too eager to advance in his teachings, and that was for two reasons. One, he didnt want to allow his need for more jutsu-knowledge to gain control over him...And second, the Hoshikage's ego had inflated to an already uncomfortable degree. To allow himself to show his eager-ness would only cause it to grow even further...And at the moment, the Kidoumaru didnt quite feel like dealing with an egotistical freak at the moment.

At the moment, Akahoshi still held the title of merely an "Egotistical Idiot", and Kumo hoped that it would remain that way for now.

Akahoshi was silent for a moment as he brought a hand to his chin, appearing as if he were merely thinking for a moment. "Well...I do have business that I need to take care off..." He muttered in a tone that made him sound oh so very important before raising his hand again, once more extending only one finger as he held it forward just in front of the Spider Nin.

Evidently, something "important" was about to be said and silence was now needed.

"I will teach you just one more technique for now...After this, you'll need to go seek out one of the younger ones, alright?" The man explained as he stared at Kumo, a grin on his face. "Dont worry, they know a few good things as well...Not as much as myself, but our star pupil, no pun intended, could assist you quite a bit."

"What's his name?" Kumo said in a curious tone as he started at the Hoshikage, blinking slowly. He was eager to find a teacher that wouldnt act as if they held the omnipotence of a God...And hopefully, those people would have decent moves as well. But then again, if even Akahoshi brought praise to them, they had to be decent in the slightest.

"That's not important right now...I'll tell you when this is over," Akahoshi said, waving a hand dismissively now as he grinned. "Now then...How to begin..." He said slowly before smiling. "Ah, I know...Alright, now pay attention! Being the universal technique that it is, Kujaku Myouhou is not merely restricted to attacking or defending, like many techniques which seem to only possess the ability to do one or the other. However, the Mysterious Peacock Method can go beyond that. It is not limited to only offense and defense, but all the stuff in between! It allows you to track things...It lets you harness the ability to fly! It even lets you control the very movements of another! However, what I'm going to teach you right now is none of those. What I am going to teach you...Is how to use this technique to heal yourself!"

Kidoumaru Kumo raised a brow.

"It cant do all that!"

"Oh, but it can, my dear simple-minded friend!" Akahoshi declared in a tone most boastful as he gave Kumo a wide, proud grin. "This technique can even repair the very cells of your body and give you comfort in dealing with your wounds when you need it most! On the field of battle!"

Frowning upon hearing the "simple-minded" remark, Kumo merely raised a brow now as he slipped a hand beneath his cloak, sliding one finger along the blade of a single kama as he drew it back out, blood beginning to well in the slit of severed skin. "Prove it."

"Simple!" Akahoshi said as he raised his hand then focused his chakra, and the limb began to glow with the signature, indigo glow. "and when you're healing..." He started as he moved the glowing hand to the bleeding finger, already beginning to heal it. "...You dont even need to fully activate the technique! You just have to focus your chakra!...Now isnt that something magnificent!?"

Kumo was silent at first as he examined his finger. While it wasnt particularly "brand new" now, the healing job was above par...While not quite at the level of the more serious medical jutsus, it did a good enough job at curing the cut. "I suppose it's alright...And it's not a particularly superfluous technique either. Let me try now now..."

Again, he ran the same finger against a blade, and again blood formed in it's place. Focusing the "Star Chakra" to his hand as Akahoshi had done earlier, he watched as the vivid aura surounded one hand as he set it against the bleeding slit, and painlessly, he watched as the cut began to seal itself shut.

"So this technique really isnt just a one-trick pony..." Kumo remarked quietly as he turned to face Akahoshi. "I admit, I feel that I must apologise for doubting you earlier," He said as he smiled widely, though not quite as wide as the Hoshikage himself...Even if Kumo was just trying to appease the man's ego further rather than feeling the real need to say sorry.

"You are forgiven...For you were merely ignorant to the true power that we of the Star Village hold within our grasp!" The man announced as he stood up.

"It's a shame that the other villages wont accept you as a true village."

"Indeed! Yet now, I must be off...Let us save the pupil for another time when I can properly introduce you two." With that, the man was gone...Leaving Kumo with no choice but to set off for the docks again.

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Hedoro looked around, could this really be the place? She'd heard a rumor of a strange village, one where it's ninja had access to an unusual power source that made them vastly stronger than they otherwise would be. If there was any truth to that rumor, she'd find the power source, and take it for her own. She could feel the basics of the area's features all around her, but when she risked glancing out at her surroundings, she saw that it had grown dark. If she'd had a proper face, she might have frowned at that. But instead, she just withdrew her eyes and walked towards where the largest concentration of activity seemed to be. Surely that would be the location of the power source!
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